NavSmart
Posted: June 14, 2016
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 5/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 1,290 |
First Seen: | June 14, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | May 13, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
If you notice an extension called 'NavSmart' in your browsers, you may be in trouble. This add-on serves as a browser hijacker that also may exhibit typical adware traits. The main function of NavSmart is to change the configuration of your Web clients in a way that will benefit its developers. Shortly after NavSmart reaches your system, you may notice a variety of changes in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. This browser hijacker will not ask you explicitly for any of them. The dubious add-on may delete your old homepage and replace it with Navsmart.info. This page may contain hundreds of links that will take you to sponsored pages. To evoke trust, NavSmart.info has included safe links in the first few rows. You may notice buttons for fast access to some of the most visited places on the Internet, including Google, Facebook, Wikipedia and Twitter. As you scroll down, however, you may see various links leading to sites that host online games. These platforms may suggest you install another ad-oriented extension that may overwhelm your Web clients with ads. The combination of a few different adware plugins may make the browsers unusable. It is not always easy to distinguish safe links on Navsmart.info from the potentially unsafe ones, so you should ignore all of them. This suspicious platform also contains a search field on the top. Although the window says that it offers a custom Google search, you should not rely on it unless you are prepared to encounter large amounts of manipulated results. The developers of Navsmart.info may use this tactic as another way to make you visit their partners. The generated traffic pays off for them in the form of referral commissions. The unwanted add-on related to this site also may inject annoying commercial materials like pop-ups and banners. Once the browser hijacker takes control of the Internet engines, you may experience constant redirections to Navsmart.info. The parasite may have sneaked into your system as a suggested bonus application of some freeware. It is advisable to delete this potentially harmful extension with a dedicated security solution.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
File name without pathhttp_navsmart.info_0.localstoragehttp_navsmart.info_0.localstorage-journalnavsmart[1].xmlHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\navsmart.infoSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.navsmart.info
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